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Police are investigating after a woman was found dead and her 3-year-old daughter was found living alone in an East Hartford home, police said Wednesday. Deputy Chief Beau Thurnauer confirmed that police were investigating the case, though there was no immediate evidence that any crime took place.

(Published Thursday, March 16, 2017)

Police are investigating after finding a woman dead and her 3-year-old daughter living alone in an apartment on Silver Lane in East Hartford, where the toddler survived by eating cereal she found on the floor, police said.

Police have identified the woman as 37-year-old Twanna Toler.

Deputy Chief Beau Thurnauer said police are investigating the case, though there was no immediate evidence that any crime took place. There were no obvious signs of criminal activity or forced entry, according to police.

A social worker went to check on the child Monday because she had missed day care and found Toler dead in bed.

Susan Tash, who lives in the same building, knew the mother and daughter and said that the victim was a single mother. Tash said she heard some unusual noise from the apartment recently but didn't think much of it at the time.

"I started hearing that about a week ago and it was really loud and the baby would scream and cry while the TV was on and then she would stop, but the TV still would be blasting," Tash said.

Tash said she had no idea something was wrong or she would have done something.